I'm Sari and I'm Haley and this is Seamwork Radio.

Welcome back to Seamwork Radio. Today we're talking about ways to sew more sustainably

with tips from you all in the Seamwork community. So we're going to cover four main ways to consider

your environmental impact when sewing, but also create less waste and maybe save yourself some money

too. And then we're going to break down each of those four ways into actionable tips that we heard

from the community. So we're going to have some really great tips from you guys. We started a thread

there and asked for your best ideas for sewing more sustainably.

And we got some really, really good ideas.

And I'm really excited to actually incorporate more of these myself.

So before we get to that, let's talk about our icebreaker today, which is related,

and it comes from that thread in our community

about sustainability. And it's from Natalie. And it's actually more of a question. Natalie asks,

as a beginner soist, I try to view each project as a learning opportunity because I know I will make

mistakes and I'm not experienced enough in getting the right fit that I prefer. It's almost like

I'm developing a closet full of wearable muslins for the time being. It seems wasteful to make actual

muslins. Any tips on what to do about the sheer volume of fabric that is needed to learn with

before we can get to the point where everything we're making can be lifelong closet staples?

What a great question. Thank you for that, Natalie.

What do you think, Healy? How would you answer, Natalie? I have so much to say about this.

The first thing I want to say is kind of more of a mindset thing. And that is to like something I

notice kind of circulating in the sewing community is this like

idea of achieving perfection in your garments.

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